Friday, October 07, 2011

Doris Belack, R. I. P.

Variety: Actress Doris Belack, who appeared as the original Anna Wolek Craig on "One Life to Live" and recurred as a judge on "Law and Order" during a long career in television and film, died of natural causes in Manhattan on Tuesday, Oct. 4. She was 85.

Belack's feature film credits included "Tootsie," in which she played the exasperated producer of the soap opera within the movie, and "What About Bob?" She often played professional or authority figures, frequently in comedy.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Her husband, producer Philip Rose, died on May 31, 2011 (four months before her own death); they had been married for 65 years.

Wow.

Jeff